- I am not Randy Travis.
- I am not Debbie Reynolds
- Take a DQ.
Take 3 DQs.
I now also see DQ 13 wasn’t necessary due to the answer to DQ 11. D’oh!
Previous IQs:
Much to your surprise were you, although young, named to command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser MacArthur? - Roderick, Lord Blaine, in The Mote in God’s Eye.
Do you have a medical degree but not an undergraduate degree? - Rand Paul.
Were you a British politico who wrote bios of both Gladstone and Churchill? - Roy Jenkins (both are very good books, too).
DQs:
Scientist/inventor?
Event took place in or after 1918?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Were you Samwell Tarly’s not-very-nice dad?
Did you hang out near Rhosgobel?
Clad in black and white, did you appear to James T. Kirk while he was on shore leave?
DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- American
- Last name starts with R
- Not known for the arts
- While briefly held political office, not best known for that
- Born before 1900
- Born east of the Mississippi River
- Known for a historical event
- Died after 1900
- Historical event took place during wartime, at least according to some historians
- Born after 1800
- Not known as a businessman
- Not a scientist/inventor
- Event took place before 1918
Take 2 DQs for 1 and 2. I am not the White Rabbit. (If I’m wrong on 3, take another DQ.)
Robert Altman
DQ: Was the event criminal in nature?
IQ1: Did you wait 2000 years while your fiancee was imprisoned in stasis?
IQ2: Are you IQ1’s daughter?
IQ3: Were you a Puerto Rican right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 to 1972?
DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- American
- Last name starts with R
- Not known for the arts
- While briefly held political office, not best known for that
- Born before 1900
- Born east of the Mississippi River
- Known for a historical event
- Died after 1900
- Historical event took place during wartime, at least according to some historians
- Born after 1800
- Not known as a businessman
- Not a scientist/inventor
- Event took place before 1918
- Event was criminal in nature
Regarding #12, some historians make a case that the war in question had just ended.
#1: I am not Rory.
#2: I am not River Song.
Take a DQ for #3.
IQ1. Randall Flagg, from Stephen King’s The Stand
IQ2. Robert Hooke, whose work on springs resulted in Hooke’s Law.
IQ3. Richard I is correct.
DQ: Did the historical event occur inside the borders of the USA?
Saving a DQ
DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- American
- Last name starts with R
- Not known for the arts
- While briefly held political office, not best known for that
- Born before 1900
- Born east of the Mississippi River
- Known for a historical event
- Died after 1900
- Historical event took place during wartime, at least according to some historians, but shortly after wartime according to others
- Born after 1800
- Not known as a businessman
- Not a scientist/inventor
- Event took place before 1918
- Event was criminal in nature
- Event occurred within the borders of the USA
Correct.
Correct.
R J Reynolds, of the R J Reynolds Tobacco Company.
DQ reserved.
Dead American male, last name starting with R, born east of the Mississippi in the 1800s, died after 1900. Briefly held political office, but not best known for that. Not in the Arts, science, or business. Best known for a criminal event that occurred in the US during or immediately after a war, before 1918.
Mexican War, USCW, Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Pancho Villa Expedition…
nm
Roberto Clemente
holding a DQ
IQ1: Were you one the participants of the Great Train Robbery of 1870, given immunity for your testimony?
IQ2: Are you the author of Portnoy’s Complaint, the monologue of “a lust-ridden, mother-addicted young Jewish bachelor?”
IQ3: Did you portray Portnoy in the 1972 film version?
Take a DQ for #1.
I am not Philip Roth.
I am not Richard Benjamin.
Chat Roberts
DQ: Did the event involve loss of life?
holding a DQ
Previous IQs:
Were you Samwell Tarly’s not-very-nice dad? - Randall Tarly on Game of Thrones, who told his son to join the Night’s Watch or he would have a “hunting accident.”
Did you hang out near Rhosgobel? - The wizard Radagast the Brown, in LOTR.
Clad in black and white, did you appear to James T. Kirk while he was on shore leave? - Not him, White Rabbit | Memory Alpha | Fandom, but her: Ruth | Memory Alpha | Fandom and http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200303/tos-017-one-of-kirk-s-old-flam/320x240.jpg.
DQs:
Event took place between 1861-1865?
Two DQs reserved.
IQ:
Were you a commander of troops who committed atrocities against American Indians at a single notorious place?
DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- American
- Last name starts with R
- Not known for the arts
- While briefly held political office, not best known for that
- Born before 1900
- Born east of the Mississippi River
- Known for a historical event
- Died after 1900
- Historical event took place during wartime, at least according to some historians, but shortly after wartime according to others
- Born after 1800
- Not known as a businessman
- Not a scientist/inventor
- Event took place before 1918
- Event was criminal in nature
- Event occurred within the borders of the USA
- Event took place in 1865.
- Event did result in the loss of life.
Given DQ#12, there’s no reason to put the range of 1861-1865.
Note that the person is not necessarily the victim of the crime nor the criminal.
And that’s 20, so we’re down to the final “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions.